Overloaded function and implicit parameter passing

[Fergus Henderson]

On 23-Oct-2000, José Romildo Malaquias <romildo@urano.iceb.ufop.br> wrote:
> ------------------------- cut here
> module Main where
> 
> class C a where
>     f :: (?env :: Integer) => a -> Integer
> 
> instance C Integer where
>     f x = ?env + x
> 
> main = putStrLn (show (f (45::Integer) with ?env = 100))
> ------------------------- cut here
...
> $ ghc -fglasgow-exts Test1.hs -o test1
> 
> Test1.hs:7:
>     Unbound implicit parameter `env_rJX :: Integer'
>     arising from use of `env_rJX' at Test1.hs:7
...
> Would anybody comment on what is going on with GHC?

That sure looks to me like a bug in GHC's support for implicit
parameter passing.

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